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Publication: American Oil & Gas Reporter Issue: March 2018 By Dan Larson | In February, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission expanded regulations to include regular integrity management surveys of on- and off-location flowlines, crude oil transfer lines and produced water lines. The commission also increased a mill levy on production to help fill […]

Plastics Innovations Publication: Lightweighting World Issue: January-February 2018 By Dan Larson | The automotive industry is charging ahead into a new era, and lightweighting concepts and materials are providing the fuel. Just around the corner is a world where self-driving cars are efficiently powered by hybrid power plants that integrate electric motors into internal-combustion engine […]

Publication: Greeley Tribune, Energy Pipeline Issue: February 2018 By Dan Larson | Colorado’s Front Range oil and natural gas operators in November were handed another set of revisions to the state’s already stringent air quality rules when state regulators approved rulemaking that became effective with the New Year. The rules include new requirements for compressors, […]

Publication: American Oil & Gas Reporter Issue: September 2017 By Dan Larson Wyoming is leading the way in sorting through the complex and controversial issue of species management for the sage grouse and regulators around the country are recognizing the effort, according to speakers at the state’s annual convention in Casper in August. The two-day […]

Publication: American Oil & Gas Reporter Issue: Sept. 2017 By Dan Larson An extensive rewrite of Indiana’s oil and natural gas regulations is due for approval later this year and while operators have raised questions, for the most part the revisions are not seen as causing undue burdens, says the leader of the state’s industry […]

Publication: Energy Pipeline, Greeley Tribune Issue: Sept. 2017 By Dan Larson Gasoline is the ultimate commodity, and as a commodity, its price is driven by market forces and competition. But for the vast majority of motorists, when the price of a gallon of go-juice goes up, it draws grumbles and resentment. When prices go down, […]

Air quality along Colorado’s Front Range is improving and a plan showing how the state can meet a federal ozone standard is on track to be submitted to the federal government this spring. Colorado’s Ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Denver Metro and Northern Front Range Nonattainment Area was approved by the nine-member Air […]

The number of barrels of oil produced from wells in Weld County and across the DJ Basin declined last year compared to the 2015 milestone, but the production drop was not steep and has since leveled off, according to recent figures from the state’s database. The forecast for this year indicates that steadying prices and […]

Greeley Tribune, Energy Pipeline, February 2017 During their first year in effect, Colorado’s rules aimed at managing emissions at oil and natural gas facilities saw nearly a half million inspections take place at more than 18,700 production and processing facilities across the state. Referred to as Reg 7, the rules were approved following a rigorous, […]

I love the movies. I’ve seeing a lot of movies lately since, for now anyway, the theater is a short walk from home. In fact, I did a movie a week in April and while not at that breakneck pace, saw three more in May. At that pace, the reviews have to be quick, so […]